upvoted your comments,... I don't flame,.. as you know. But if it's of any help,... when I started,... I never saw what page my meme was on. I never looked at front page,... or leaderboard. Still rarely look! When I got comments,.. I commented back. I first found out about front page memes from Socrates,... he told me one day I had 2-3 or 4 memes on front page. ( I don't recall how many). I only know I hada slew of comments. Tetsuouwrath was the one who gave me advice on commenting,... I didn't know how it worked. To this day,.. I do not know where my memes start out. Some are duds,... some do well. I gage what does well by UVs and comments. I started look at the fron page recently because reallyitsjohn was approaching 1M points,.. and I wanted him to make it,.. and was checking his profile daily to see how close he was. I was surprised to see my name on the leaderboard. I could not tell you if I was there for a day,.. or for a week. I make points my least concern,.. and rarely check front page memes! I am happy to get comments and upvotes,... and glad people enjoy them! Consider not trying to explain yourself,.. or your position,... move forward as if nthing happened,.. and in a short time,.. no one will remember. ;) Trust me!